Production Diary - Week 27

I finally managed to get all my filming completed for my production, which allowed me to move on to the editing process of my film. Using Adobe Premiere Pro wasn't as difficult after I had already completed the editing process with my camera test. However, for my actual film it became much harder as I had to try and edit out the small errors to make it flow better. In addition, with the camera test there was hardly any editing as it each clip wasn't an issue as it was only showing the different camera techniques and shots. By the end of next week, I am hoping for the editing process to be complete, so I can upload it onto my blog.

Camera Test

https://youtu.be/ADdlcwa_Q1I

Production Diary - Week 26

This week, I have created my Camera Test, which I will be using as my preliminary task for my coursework. The camera test involved multiple angles by which I will have used/been using in my film, such as zooming, cut and mid-shot. This was a useful task to carry out, as it helped me learn how to use the camera as well as learn how to use the software that I will use for my film, Premiere Pro.

I also created a powerpoint, which shows how I created the camera test, including importing clips and placing in an audio track. 

How I created my Camera Test?

Production Diary - Week 25

I have finally uploaded my Article and Poster onto my blog, as I produced what I have planned. Making the Poster and Article was the easiest part of the coursework, as you can quite easily follow your ideas, whereas actually creating the film to how you imagined is more difficult.

I had no problems with my Film Review, as I knew exactly what I wanted my article to look like and I had already picked my inspired film review magazine which was going to help me produce the design and concept of my review. I had previously written the text to my article, which meant I didn't have to waste time and could easily copy my created text onto the computer. However, I had to ensure that it was equally spaced out, with each column being the same width and height, otherwise it would look scrambled and unprofessional. This process continued throughout the design, which included the two smaller images being the same size and the lines creates. This would ensure my article was clear and professional. I wanted my film review to look like an old newspaper article; this idea was taken from a Little White Lies magazine. However, I am not overly keen with my background colour of the pale yellow and would of much preferred it to be the same pink tint as that in the film review magazine. Although, I feel that it led me to having a unique article opposed to following all the design used in the magazine, and instead produced and altered it to become my own. Overall, I do not have much to complain about my article and feel that it is how I had planned it to look. 

My poster however, had a few more problems which I struggled with; I used a picture of the same female, who is a main character in my film and tried to show her in two different lights. I aimed to create one half of the face to look like a normal woman who is seen in an innocent light and the other half of the face showing a darker side to the same woman. I feel that this gets across the message that I planned, about everyone having a dark side within them, as well as the audience will believe that due to how she is represented on the poster, that she is going to be the bad person in the film, however, the plot has a twist, which is unknown to the audience (Unless they read this beforehand!). I have followed the conventions of my genre and tried to produce a dark poster which creates a thrilling feeling for the audience. Overall, I feel that my poster follows the conventions of a film poster and represents the ideas of my film clearly and I am happy with the poster I have produced. 

Review

Poster

Review Draft 1

This was going to be my original Review for my production; at first, while using Little White Lies film magazine, I created this design and layout for my Review, which I thought was a good idea. After having time thinking about my final draft, I felt differently to the way it looks. Overall, I liked the layout as I felt it was very orginised, especially where the basic information of the film (director, starring and release date), as well as the top half of the review. However, I started to notice that the colours had no uniform to them, which don't represent the true genre of the movie. I wanted to create a uniform throughout, from my film, to the poster and to the article; this way it would be more conventional and represent my movie better. This is why my main change was the colours of the review, as they were more feminine colours which may not attract a wider demographic as they're pastel colours. After changing the colours, to which my new review is posted in a newer post, I also decided to change the two smaller images on the header. The reason I done this, is because I felt they didn't fit well on the review, so I changed them to my slogan to the movie 'Goodbye Sanity' to which is shown on both sides of the header. I feel that after the changes I have made has meant that my article is more conventional and more uniform to the genre and to my other coursework pieces.